Quantifying the electrical transport characteristics of electron-doped La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 thin films through hopping energies, Mn valence, and carrier localization length

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Beitragende

Abstract

Cerium-doped LaMnO3 is widely discussed as one of the most prospective electron-doped thin-film prototype material that complements well-established hole-doped mixed-valence manganites. Here, we investigate La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 films with respect to their electrical properties and check whether they provide an effective electron doping with Mn-valences well below +3. Thin films of a variable thickness between 10 and 100 nm are characterized through resistance measurements over a broad temperature range between 90 and 300 K deducing their hopping energies, carrier localization lengths, and the Mn valence by comparing the experimental data to different transport models. While electronic transport above 300 K is well determined by the thermally activated diffusion of small polarons, we find the carrier localization by disorder to reveal a variable-range hopping-type transport for lower temperatures. From the several parameters investigated in the study, it is mainly the oxygen content and the degree of CeO2 phase segregation that are crucial to be controlled in such electron-doped thin-film manganites.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)26-33
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Jahrgang80
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Mai 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

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Scopus 84921025152
ORCID /0000-0003-1899-603X/work/142240050
ORCID /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/142257539

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Electrical conductivity, Oxides, Thin films, Transport properties